chorda tendinea

American

[kawr-duh ten-din-ee-uh] / ˈkɔr də tɛnˈdɪn i ə /

noun

Anatomy.

any of the tendons extending from the papillary muscles to the atrioventricular valves and preventing the valves from moving into the atria during ventricular contraction.

1800–10; < New Latin: tendinous cord

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